Independent · Since 2010
Queer India has a history. We keep it alive!
Queer India has always existed.Her lives, stories, movements, relationships, cultures, and communities have shaped lives across generations. Yet much of this history remains fragile—scattered across personal collections, community records, photographs, publications, oral histories, and memories.
Out! Stories from the New Queer India launch · Mumbai, 2012
Queer Ink exists to help ensure that this record survives - this one?
Queer Ink exists to help ensure that queer Indian records survive.
We preserve, publish, and make accessible the lived experiences, the stories, histories, and cultural memory of queer India through archives, books, research resources, and public access collections.
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Queer Ink Publishing
Writing the future we deserve.
The imprint, drawing from the archives. Plus Queer Ink Swabhimaan, our forthcoming sister imprint supporting queer Indian writers to publish their own work.
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Queer India Archives
Breaking the silence of the past, for the joy of the future.
Oral histories, photographs, correspondence, and material culture preserved with the consent of the communities whose lives they record. Eight active collections, held in trust.
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Queer Ink Digital Library
Findable, by design.
Searchable, public-facing access to queer Indian literature and history. Books, documents, oral histories, films, and curated collections — open to anyone, anywhere.
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From the catalogue
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Saptarang
Anjali Gopalan
Bindumadhav Khire
"Our voices shatter the silence we inherited, so the future must never know the choice of the closet."— Queer Ink 1
Fifteen years of work
How Queer Ink came to be.
2010
Queer Ink launches on 8 April as India’s first online bookstore dedicated to queer literature. Launch of the Queer Ink Literature Festival, Q Open Mic, and Q Mela.
2012
First book published: Out! Stories from the New Queer India, edited by Minal Hajratwala. The first print run sells out within months.
2014
QFest begins. India’s longest-running monthly queer festival, held at a mainstream Mumbai venue. Continues through 2016.
2015
Production of the first short fiction film, Any Other Day.
2018
Production of the second short fiction film, Cover Story.
2019
OUT NOW — India’s first online queer film festival.
2023
Queer India Archives formally established, building on years of informal collection and oral history work.
2025
Queer Ink Digital Library launches. Partnership with the Naz Foundation begins for the Global Virtual Run.
From QBlog
All postsNotes from inside the work.
31 May 2026
Hello world!
Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!
28 April 2026
On the small press, fifteen years in
What I’ve learned about choosing slowness — about publishing twelve books carefully rather than fifty in a hurry, about the difference between scale and reach. Publishing is not just manufacturing; it is stewardship.
12 April 2026
Queering the archive: a working definition
What it means, in practice, to queer an archival method — and what it asks of those of us who steward queer Indian collections in 2026. It starts with consent, proceeds with contextual care, and rejects institutional neutrality.